Garfield and Friends (Seasons 1–7)

Garfield and Friends (1988) is the classic CBS animated series you can watch online on iFILM, based on Jim Davis's long-running comic strip and running for seven seasons with Lorenzo Music voicing the famously lazy, lasagne-obsessed cat.

Garfield shares a house with his well-meaning but clueless owner Jon and the eternally cheerful dog Odie, and the series mines that triangle for comedy that leans on character quirks rather than slapstick. Garfield's withering internal monologue, his contempt for Mondays and his endless schemes to avoid anything resembling effort give each episode its personality. A second segment follows Orson the Pig and the other farm animals in their own self-contained stories.

The show holds up surprisingly well because the humour is rooted in a very specific kind of dry wit — not just kids' cartoon energy. It works for a family sitting down together. Stream Garfield and Friends (1988) online on iFILM.